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Selections for Down Royal – May 4th 2026
1.35: THEFLYINGKING (KEVIN HEALY (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 2.10: BELLA UNION – EW – (DYLAN KIDD (7)/JOHN MCCONNELL) 2.45: HE CAN’T DANCE (JAMES SMITH (5)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 3.20: IMPERO (BEN HARVEY/CIAN COLLINS) 3.55: DIGBY – EW – (ALIX BALFE (7)/DERMOT MCLOUGHLIN) 4.30: CATALANI (ROB JAMES (7)/JACK FOLEY) 5.05: TOTO BIEN (HARRY SWAN/GORDON ELLIOTT)
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Selections for Curragh – May 4th 2026
1.15: BELICOSO – EW – (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 1.50: NEW YORKER (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.25: NEOLITHIC – EW – (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 3.00: SANCTIJUDE – EW – (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 3.35: DROP DEAD GEORGEOUS (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 4.10: MINNIE HAWK (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 4.45: METHGAL – EW – (CONOR CUSACK (7)/PAT MURPHY) 5.20: REPOSADO…
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Selections for Sligo – May 3rd 2026
1.35: ANDAMAN FIFTY (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 2.10: COUNTY CARLOW (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 2.45: HAPPY HENRY – EW – (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 3.22: MAXWELL SMART (SADHBH TORMEY (7)/TOM MCCOURT) 3.58: YULIA – EW – (JOEY SHERIDAN/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 4.32: METAMORPHEUS – EW – (JAMIE ORR (7)/ANDY MCNAMARA) 5.07: MISTY COVE (BILLY LEE/GAVIN CROMWELL)
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Selections for Cork – May 3rd 2026
1.20: EDWARD THATCH (DONOGH O’CONNOR/ROBSON DE AGUIAR) 1.55: SPARKY SPARKY (BEN COEN/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 2.30: COLLECTING COIN – EW – (CHRIS HAYES/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 3.05: HAVANNA ANNA (GAVIN RYAN/DONNACHA O’BRIEN) 3.43: MOCKING – EW – (PADDY MCGETTIGAN (5)/JOHNNY MURTAGH) 4.15: HARMANI – EW – (NICOLA BURNS/GER LYONS) 4.50: YOUSAYNOTHINGATAL (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 5.27: ATOMIC CITY (DYLAN…
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Local achievement in the midst of Boston history
There are certain things you never expect to see or hear of in your lifetime. And an athlete finishing a marathon in under THREE hours has to be right up there in such terms. Even that, though, is eclipsed by the fact 2026 winner – defending his men’s title from last year, John Korir of…
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Selections for Punchestown – May 2nd 2026
2.30: VAUREAL – EW – (KEITH DONOGHUE/IAN DONOGHUE) 3.05: FOLLY MASTER – EW – (JOHNNY BARRY/TOM DREAPER) 3.45: INVICTUS MACHIN – EW – (HARRY COBDEN/GAVIN CROMWELL) 4.15: WODHOOH (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.55: SARATOGA (MARK WALSH/PADRAIG ROCHE) 5.30: FIERCE HANDAY – EW – (MARK WALSH/NOEL MEADE) 6.05: MARKET SQUARE – EW – (ALAN O’SULLIVAN (7)/EMMET MULLINS)
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Mick O’Brien – Walterstown and Meath GAA – RIP
With profound sadness last Tuesday evening I learned of the passing of the great Mick O’Brien, the Godfather of Walterstown GFC and Meath GAA. There could be no better war to describe the octogenarian legend. For is not the role of a godparent to step in in times of strife when things go wrong? That…
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Selections for Punchestown – May 1st 2026
3.40: LAST ROUND (JOSH HALFORD (7)/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.15: PANDA BOY – EW – (JOHN GLEESON/MARTIN BRASSIL) 4.50: DINOBLUE (MARK WALSH/WILLIE MULLINS) 5.25: NORN IRON – EW – (PAUL O’BRIEN/HARRY DERHAM, IN GB) 6.00: KING RASCO GREY (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.40: LOSSIEMOUTH (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.10: ARSLAN – EW – (DANNY MULLINS/WILLIE MULLINS) 7.40: LARGY STAR…
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Selections for Punchestown – Apr. 30th 2026
2.30: NADIA’S BOY – EW – (SEAN O’KEEFFE/WILLIE MULLINS) 3.05: ADRIENNE – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/TED WALSH) 3.40: THE GOFFER – EW – (JACK KENNEDY/GORDON ELLIOTT) 4.15: BLUE MOSQUE – EW – (DONAGH MEYLER/NOEL MEADE) 4.50: SKY LORD – EW – (DARRAGH O’KEEFFE/HENRY DE BROMHEAD) 5.25: KOPEK DES BORDES (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 6.05: HONESTY POLICY…
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When more goals aren’t enough
MEATH… 2-15 KILDARE… 1-20 All anybody wants and should be entitled to is fair play. Meath got nowhere near that from the officials in this Leinster U-20 FC semi final at Cedral St Conleth’s Park. How these referee appointments are arrived at is another topic entirely, but all anbody wants is for the rules to…
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